European Champs Road Races

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  • sherer
    sherer Posts: 2,460
    dish_dash wrote:
    Won by a rider who has been banned for salbutamol. Assume everyone is outraged...
    wasnt aware he had been banned before. Was it in or OOC ? How long was his ban ?

    Started to watch the race but then it didn't look like much was going to happen to recorded it and caught up later. Didnt help that first words I heard when I switch on was Sagan was out and Juraj didnt even make the team !
  • larkim
    larkim Posts: 2,485
    Pross wrote:
    As it was a multi-games championship I'll mention this here. I can't find a video but you have to feel for the Israeli athlete in the women's 5000m who did her best to cheer up those cyclists who've celebrated too soon by inexplicably sprinting a lap early and crossing the line celebrating a silver medal whilst the bell was ringing. She stopped completely before realising her mistake and collapsed in tears at the end after finishing 4th (I think).
    The irony is also that she was DQ'd for an infringement at the start of the race (she cut inside a cone marking out the staggered start) so even if she had narrowly finished second she would have lost the medal anyway!
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  • larkim
    larkim Posts: 2,485
    sherer wrote:
    dish_dash wrote:
    Won by a rider who has been banned for salbutamol. Assume everyone is outraged...
    wasnt aware he had been banned before. Was it in or OOC ? How long was his ban ?
    Wiki says it was a 2month ban in 2006, thus when Salbutamol was on the banned list and needed a TUE, so I'm going to guess it was a documentation oversight and it was certainly dealt with relatively lightly.
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    2011 Specialized Hardrock Sport Disc (son #4s)
    2013 Decathlon Triban 3 (red) (mine)
    2019 Hoy Bonaly 26" Disc (son #2s)
    2018 Voodoo Bizango (mine)
    2018 Voodoo Maji (wife's)
  • sherer
    sherer Posts: 2,460
    larkim wrote:
    sherer wrote:
    dish_dash wrote:
    Won by a rider who has been banned for salbutamol. Assume everyone is outraged...
    wasnt aware he had been banned before. Was it in or OOC ? How long was his ban ?
    Wiki says it was a 2month ban in 2006, thus when Salbutamol was on the banned list and needed a TUE, so I'm going to guess it was a documentation oversight and it was certainly dealt with relatively lightly.

    well unless he mentioned every puff he's ever had in his auto biography then im outraged
  • hanshotfirst
    hanshotfirst Posts: 400
    argyllflyer wrote:
    The course worked for the British champs and the Commonwealth Games. Riders make the race.

    This.
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,430
    dish_dash wrote:
    Won by a rider who has been banned for salbutamol. Assume everyone is outraged...

    Mostly we keep this talk off spoiler threads.
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